HASKAYNE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Executive Education

Program runs March to June 2019. See inside for full program schedule.

Program Delivery: Blended Commitment: 42 hoursInvestment: $3,750 This program is eligible for grant funding up to five weeks prior to program start.

Strengthening Mental Toughness and ResilienceCountless lists describe what leaders need to become more successful in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. However, how do you develop personal leadership practices to navigate the more cognitively and behaviourally complex leadership challenges in a complex VUCA world? This program provides a blended learning journey that enables participants to reframe their perspectives, learn from experiential activities, dialogue meaningfully with others, and reflect deeply on applying what you are learning. The aim of this program is to strengthen your existing level of mental toughness by guiding you through elements of a mental toughness framework and providing you with results-oriented tools that you can practically apply to challenges.

A learning experience designed to operationalize your leadership approach and practice tools to foster resilience.

Who will benefit from this program?You will benefit from this learning journey if you are interested in exploring the following questions:

• Do you struggle implementing your leadership plan?

• Do you need help translating the “hows” of leadership into daily habits?

• Do you avoid moving outside your comfort zone and taking action?

• Do you replay negative situations, which only isolates you, while the world moves forward?

• Do you recognize patterns of anxiety that negatively impact your thinking?

• Do you find it difficult to navigate change?

Learning OutcomesDuring this blended learning program, you will:

• Solidify your leadership philosophy, and

• Establish practices that strengthen your mental toughness and resilience by:

o Experimenting with new ways of thinking and acting

o Challenging your assumptions through “micro-experiments”

o Leaning into (and moving through) the discomfort and resistance

Program InvestmentProgram investment is $3,750 per participant and includes the following:

• Virtual program launch and orientation to the virtual learning platform

• Three online units, 3.5 days of face-to-face (classroom) workshops, two, 30-minute one-on-onecoaching sessions, and two virtual check-ins

• Breakfast, lunch, snacks and refreshments during in-class sessions

• All program materials including copyrights, book, and learning activities

• Certificate of completion from the Haskayne School of Business

Grant FundingBy registering for this program, your organization could be eligible to receive the Canada Alberta Job Grant which will cover up to 2/3 of the program cost. The funding model for this program is an initial investment of $3,750. The government will reimburse $2,500 of that investment, making the final investment only $1,250. An Executive Education team member will be able to assist with the grant application process. For more information: execed@haskayne.ucalgary.ca

Program Schedule: March - June 2019*

Date Learning activities Format Commitment

Access to virtual learning platform Online 30 minutes

8 Apr

Online 60 minutes

Workshop One: Purpose statement, identify improvement goal, introduce tool one

7 hoursIn class

Online 2 hoursPractice and integration of tool one and prepare for coaching clinic one

Pre-workshop Two: Materials and reflection questions Online 2 hours

7-19 May

20-26 May

week of 27-Mar

15-21 Apr Unit Two: Explore your values... Online 2 hours

22-28 Apr Unit Three: Explore your passions... Online 2 hours

Pre-workshop One: Materials and reflection questions Online 2 hours

1-14 Apr Unit One: Explore the Mental Toughness Framework

Virtual check-in: Program overview and dialogue with Sloane 2 hours

6 May

In-person 30 minutes15 May

Workshop Two: Insights and integration; introduce next tools 7 hoursIn class

Online 2 hoursPractice and integration of tools and prepare for coaching clinic two

Pre-workshop Three: Materials and reflection questions Online 2 hours

28 May - 2 Jun

3 Jun - 9 Jun

27 May

In-person 30 minutes5 Jun

Workshop Three: Insights and integration; introduce next tools 7 hoursIn class

Online 2 hoursPractice and integration of tools

Pre-workshop Four: Presentation preparation Online 2 hours

11 Jun - 14 Jun

17-25 Jun

10 Jun

Workshop Four: Insights and integration presentations 7 hoursIn class26 Jun

online unit 60 minutesSept Virtual check-in: Program follow-up and dialogue with Sloane**Schedule subject to change† Blended learning components

Coaching Clinic One

Coaching Clinic Two

29 Apr - 5 May

For more information on Executive Education at Haskayne School of Business

T: 403.220.6600 E: execed@haskayne.ucalgary.ca

Haskayne Executive Education

University of Calgary Downtown Campus 6th Floor, 906 – 8th Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2P 1H9

REGISTER NOW: haskayneexeced.ca

Call 403.220.6600 for group registrations.

FacultySloane Dugan, PhD, has taught at the Haskayne School of Business since 1980. He retired as an Associate

Professor in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources area in 2013. However, he is still activity

involved teaching several courses each year. He received his degrees from Syracuse University: BSc in Business

Statistics, MA in Higher Education, and PhD in Organizational Behaviour and Change.

Sloane is passionate about translating the “how’s” of leadership into daily habits and how strengthening mental

toughness helps leaders navigate through complexity. Sloane created the Mental Toughness Framework which

has become a practitioner tested path and system that enables leaders to break through barriers holding them

back. Previously, his research activities focused on the action research process with persons, teams,

organizations, and communities in North America, Asia and Europe. This research examined how the action

research approach enabled them to create a vision of a good quality of life for themselves, marshal the

resources necessary to pursue this vision, and develop the attitudes and skills necessary to move toward their

vision.

Sloane worked as a teacher/community developer in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nepal and then served as a

regional director of the Peace Corps for all development activities in Eastern Nepal from 1964 to 1969. He then

taught practitioner-oriented programs at Syracuse University in Syracuse, the University of Kansas and the

Ottawa University. Sloane was involved in UCalgary’s international development activities in Nepal, Thailand

and in Bhutan for a decade. During the project’s initial three years, he acted as Canadian team leader and

advisor to the Nepali Project Director in Nepal.

Since 1995, Sloane Dugan’s interests have shifted from international development in Asia to coaching and

leadership development activities in Calgary and Europe. He has taught leadership and change courses

in Haskayne’s Executive MBA Program. He has acted as a trainer and coach with programs offered by the

International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland and in other countries in Europe.